Quiz 3 - ISS 2T

Which social sciences did Karl Marx foster to create his explanations and theories?

• Geography, sociology, economics.

• History, sociology and economics

• History, geography and economics.

• History, sociology and geography.

Marx's analysis of socioeconomic history and conditions brought him to formulate laws of history, according to which the world would end having a(n) _______ system.

• capitalist

• socialist

• communist

• anarchic

According to Marx, the proletariat will start a Proletarian Revolution. Who is (was?) the proletariat?

• The owners of the factories.

• The workers in the factories.

• The people in government.

• The people who serve in church.

The proletariat's aim should be taking the means of production. What are the means of production?

• What is used to produce.

• The workforce

• The workplace

• What is produced.

According to Marx, what mainly produces and explains social change?

• The values of people.

• People's faith.

• Socioeconomic conditions.

The laws of history are mainly determined by:

• Class struggle (differences in socioeconomic status)

• Differences in way of thinking

• Human quarrelsome nature

• Religious differences

Marx thought there were no spiritual forces guiding the world's progress. Only material forces are accountable for the motion of history.

• True

• False

Strata are different social classes that have little or no chance of mobility. This is referred to as stratification.

• True

• False

Marx's research brought many discoveries in Economics. One of them was the concept of surplus value, which refers to:

• The excess value created by the bourgeois.

• The excess value created by the workers.

• The value of raw materials.

• The value of the workforce.

Marx's legacy in the field of social sciences is that:

• He worked methodologically focusing in society.

• He applied a mathematical model to understand the dynamics of social change.

• He focused on studying concrete material conditions as causes and sought their effects.

• All of the options.